Jose Reyes Vega

Jose Reyes Vega (died 17 March 1929) was a Mexican Catholic priest and a leader of the Cristeros during the Cristero War of the 1920s.

Biography
Jose Reyes Vega was a Catholic priest in Mexico, and he was known to be an atypical priest who became a drinker and womanizer. He joined the Cristeros during the Cristero War and became known for his murderous tendencies, having 51 civilian train passengers burned alive on a Cuernavaca train on 19 April 1927 after the army escort shot his brother dead. On another occasion, he had federal prisoners stabbed dead to save ammunition. On 17 March 1929, he was killed in action at the Battle of Tepatitlan.